Shaving implement



A118 3 1943- J. A. HANLEY V- 2,325,606

sHAvING IMPLEMENT Filed July 26, 1940 v 2 Smets-sheet 1 INVENTOR.

l A n *i e 1 Aug.- 3, 1943.v J. A. HANLEY SHAVING IMPLEMENT Filed July 26. i940 2 shetssheet 2 INVENTOR.

Petnted Agg 3, 19743. y

John A;

my `nyention lare to 'jmpmve the? shtmnzfemrf `ttjruttiotl whith may' be ,manufactured practif @constructed have ncludedj'en Qutercutt'er'nd `swtrittimes an @nner cutter` fashioned irlomesolid chly with accuracy` Nid y with mudgate @peinte ,n

` blcckof steel and includinevshear; neteetnformed i slots `zalccuretely in @011:1`steelslsimttft` extrme '-.dlcultyinvolving much irtufacturng land high broduction costi These V`dim f 'gvgidineccordae 'byemployinesheet steel. preferably hard :Stains aste `tlnltter ingang for suengcutgers mmludeaedge iof Vw (Q r; thereannutsiena s; y instfdrof carrying cittteljentiyely thrmieh thetsheet .steel blanhtltlmelbefmoved n ing zone; "Inflb Qf the :ehet mtal blank beiegeprated @om eeredtofincreaseordecrease tnns varied,

s greprovided in each'n edge lof `the gecyer'these pasgagesiextend freely treely'end pass y the ontefturve of traefold iline! 'firms` ascries center `andV not mor f `math at itsextremityfme snearmeedses Lot inwardly converging 0r funnel-,Shape `hair-V lrecetvmg Voperlxlnet is provided which iS; Outside s the Shejing Yzone andin whchthe 'side shearing surfaces vz :myerge downwardly forming v4cute v"angles with the inner face of the cutter. Prefer?, 4 Amainly v: afngi'gas herein Shown the Cutter `is `p ovcec1 tvithf` a waist-L" portion Qf reduced Width adjacent v 15,0 thellner. Qf the fOls ,Qruhentjedgepfjthecutter.

tranen? .11,

The `she`et steellblank cf theyinnerj cutter is A` Vvery important'feature of my iyrerj,tien con-V A .sists .Le AttqntbiInstitut of cutters, whihfrelieffeet 'tivethioughout practically theirfentregijevnsf y merlyim@rstrictedfcenshown th cutterflares 'outwardly from itsV dimension of v minimum Width andrnerges into a vstationary.

out an appreciable portion of the cyclej f.

' to the hairfcollecting and jouter cutter;V l

l a greatly enlarged scale;lv

Acutter. Y n

the drawings tlelcutter head only of the.v implement is shown and itwill be understood that shearing surfacehaving slots extending from struction from the moving shearing'te'eth. to the high'rate of speed by a small motor contained` this is'to be r'n'iounted in a conventional housing' andV that the innercutter is reciprocated at a within the housing.

The cutter head'cornprises an elongated` steel' block l of rectangular outline, having the upper part of its side faces vconverging.inwardly and. an open' rchannel formedY in its upper portion'. The-outer cutter Vis formed froina blank of hard stainless sheet steel and has inwardly convergfing sidewalls l I which are secured by screws l2 entrance of hairs between the stationary' shearing' hair passages oi vthe stationary cutter through*-V v Preferably andas herein shown thefinner re- `tourfto 'the 'stationarylcutten 'Ihejfihne'r cutter has a iieducedfwais't portion and slotted jdiverging Vsidefportions which vfill the stationary"cutterjand Vprox/'idea shearing zoneof the frullwidthdoithe Atending transversely cutter, that isto sa'ygone ecu-ng points ofthe stationary cutter. r f A An,v irnportantf'advantage Vid'fr'ny'" novel 'constructio'nfi's' thatf it vpermits ernployinga jjsirnple and inezrpensive."holderk for the cutters, fier Yex- 'ampleLa holder of die-least metal'. Moreover,thev construction is such that the cutting area Visiprac,n ticarlly co-eXtensi've with Vtl'levizhc'ile facelengaging Substantially .the 'whol'eV al'af thegmplemfi-w length of the outside cutter Vslotsis effectivein the-shearing operation. fIn other words, little or none of theleng'tho'f the'toothffor'ming slots iswasted in guidingthe hairs.'intoltheshearingk position, butV on'v the contrary the'jsliearing zone. extends substarrtiallyv to Sidefe'dges `of .the cutterx so Vthat thehairsjarev out instantly whenreached by 4the.implement withoutlany objstruction-` .d rhe long'` hairsfac'cording'lytend'lto fall outside theyimplement"thusobviatingany tendency to clog the inox/ing parts. On thisae-Y lcountthe cutter isequally e'icient whendealing with. long hair. as vwith short stubble.

Y hese and other-features. of the inventionnwvill be best understoodand appreciatedfrom thefol- V`,lowing descriptionota preferred embodiment thereoigselectedfor purposes otl illustrationandV z shown inthe Yaccompanying drawings, inlwhich:

Fig. lis a plannview` or" the implement showing a quarter sectionand aportion brokenlout or"` the Fig. 2 isa cross-sectional.viewon'theline'fz Fig. 3 is a View n K l quarter section asFig. 1; y

FigsAand 5 are longitudinalsectional: views .of the cutterteeth on'v thelines -fandllrespectively oi'Fg. 6; Q

- Fig. 67is a 'sectionalview of the two .cutterslon Fig. 7 isa diagrammaticfview illustratingfthe sloten@ operation @pagina Sheet' steel branle of gti-1e; cutters;

larged scaleof the shearing teeth. .of tl'l'efinn'er cutter; and

Fig, 9 isratsiniilarlviewof, the teeth of the outer in elevationshowing"the saine l Fig. 8"is a fragmentary vnla'rfviewr 0n"'anfenteeth; yThese characteristics increase vt-heief-Q ciencyof the implement of rny invention "and- 1 distinguishit from those heretofore known where wide or square shearingteeth have.. masked the cutter.

outer cutter diverge outwardly and upwardly and l kto the convergent side faces of the block I8. The side walls of the cutter .itselfY converge to a nar- 'rowfwaist I3V Whichvis located above the side faces yfol'thefblock lil-'and which forrnsa longitudinal channelofstii .cross-section in each side of the From this waist the side walls of the finally mergerthrough a curve of small radius intothe j skineengaging portionof the cutter.

n Transverse slotsare formed' in the hat 'blank before' the outer cutter"` isA bent to viinal'shape landV -the'sefslots forni rtransverse 'shearing teethrlii f shownjon'an enlarged'soale in Fig. `9.". Vihe-1walls of fthe slots" are 'dished upwardly,V orV in "ffhei wclds', they converge in botndirecticnsfrom the centralrlorgitudinal jaxis fof the `cutter Y where Vextremities they needbe not moregthanfQZ/f or .OOBT 'inv width. vj, Theside.walls ofj the slots as 'already' noted'are not vertical but r converge vdownwardly so `that. 'each slot'tis of, minimum dimensions Yat thelower'surfacejof vthe sheetA in whichjit is formed.' AfterY the blank has beenY slotted' in' the manner'just explained its'slide "portions lare brendownwardlywto forni trhejrside l 'wlalls'ol the cutter already described asrto shape.

'In .this bending 'operation thejfoldfline"oryertex 'linei intersectsallthe `*slots andthe materialv4 of 'the teeth between` the slotstends to thickenallong the vertexfsofthat the walls oftheslots arerstill further pinched together at their points.' On the f otherhand'z the downturned slotted portions of vtheblank'tend toVV increase the Width ofthegslots attheouter curvev of'thelhend. 'Asl well lshown inFigg the` slots extend downwardly into the Y side walls ofthe'outercutter-substantially to the waist portion thereof land thus freejand -unolostructedjv passages ,are' Iaiorded for hairs in reaching the "shaving zonejof the implement. .As herein shown the. walls'of vthe slots forming fthet'eetll.l lll of V the stationaryV cutter are bowed outwardly at the center and convergek injarcs of long radius toward the kopposite sides of the cutter. The` `stationary teeth" of; the V'outer` cutter say,r anjangle caused4 by the bowedfconguration of theteeth andanmgle causedby jthedownward convergence 'of' thelwallsof' the. Ateeth The Ablank forxthe `,outer cutter'fis reduced in thickness 1in its marginal* portions after-rit Y'has been formed and is thus-sornewhat"thiclzerinl its `longitudinal axis/than at its edges. A('Jonseoluently `theshearing teeth '.taperjbothf'fwaysfro'rn tlie centerV o1; Vlongitudinal' axis lof' lthe skin-engaging area. g Itj'follows," therefore, that 'tl'leyteethr inn j crease, infiwidthrjtowardthe edges-'of the unpletively 'wide yand shallow?, whereas fr the v-durlensions lbf kthe sam@ tooth." 0.11:..t1ie'-sel0-n1 line 5-#5 'at thejfcenter ogfgthehirnplernent is relatively MdeepY ment'in'` proportionfas they decreasehij depth or height-'1 AS. 'Shqwhgm Fia .4, the swim' C11" @fach te'othjgll attnemarsinaleciign 111,1@ i :iis relay -pifovdingsneanigteth'eithziiiwardly;@neiging I sdes,`}'the.l1marginalgportions yoftheV cutter being bentffacrojss'the ends, of the` teeth tolprovide'in# y wardly diverginggsupportngrWalls for the slfiear- L" ing area; `*andiz a; movable "ctter having transverse teeth -to provide supporting vv'illsffor-"its shearing varea.l

.'6; Aj' shaving 7^implement fc:orr'1pr`is'ir1gV an outerf l elongated` 'outteoff sheet steel; having ai seriesl of transverse slotsformingl teeth vti'ierein which have shearing; edges bowedapartfforn fendto end'k .andeurvedjaceswhioh divergef'olitwardly from r 1 'said shearing edges',-Sand 'an inner movable `'cutter of: sheet steeljhaving a series of: transverse 'slots x l 1 formingi teeth `therein-ivvhichA have shearing edges K alsorbowed apart *i from: end to end-andcurvedfaces which'diverge yinwardly from-'said shearing 20 i slotsproviding teeth 'Withupwarlly converging f g :sides,1"the marginaly portionsoffthe cutter-being benton allinelextendingfacross theends of-its j .117.' A shaving;implementfgcomprising an outer y'elnga'ted' cutterv ofy 'sheet;ste,e1" havingfra' series l of '.transverse'slotsf formingf teeth therein which 1 Ahave' shearing .edges .bowed apartjvfr'ornl- Vend vto end. and4 curved. faces which diverge -zoiltw'ardly from Ysaid shearing 1edges, -the :marginal .portions of the'cutter being; folded at acute .anglesito theY 4intermediate portion'l of.the"cutter n parallel lines. which intersect lfthe Vslots within;V 'their'.outer ends, and "an inner 'movable cutter of sheetsteel" havingi a series of. .transverse 'slotssformingteeth' therein which* have;,sh'earingfedges also bowed I l 'apart fromv end tok endv and curved faces whiohdivergeuinwardly from said shearing ieclge, the"`mar l' ginalportions'of,u the inner 'cutter'being' `folded at acute-l angles to the. intermediatejporton of the 's inner cutteronparallerlinesi'which Iintersect Vthe Y Slots withintheir'buteriends;- a j: f :1f 

